Angus’ character — he plays Jake, the son of Jon Cryer‘s Alan — has only made sparse appearances via Skype this season since enlisting in the U.S. Army, so his absence from the new year’s first few episodes is hardly unusual. Though they’re being filmed after the video’s release, the episodes had already been written long beforehand.

In case you missed out on the fun of Angus’ video, which was a taped testimonial for The Forerunner Chronicles as part of Angus’ new spiritual path, catch up on his rant below: